Written by tanja-sdb on August 29, 2012
The Scottish Diaspora and the Story of St Kilda
Research StoryOn 29 August 1930 the remaining residents of St Kilda were evacuated from the island on economic grounds at the islanders’ own request as the population had dwindled from 73 in 1920 to only 37 in 1928. There is, however, a much longer history of departures from the island, and one directly connected to the